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Buta
Bas-Uele · DR Congo
City population
80,751
#55
in DR Congo
#1
in Bas-Uele
#7,151
worldwide
2.786, 24.730 · 1,312 km from Kinshasa
About Buta
Buta is a city in Bas-Uele, DR Congo with a population of 80,751. It is the 55th largest of the 114 cities of 15,000 or more listed in DR Congo, and the 7,151st largest worldwide. It lies 1,312 km from Kinshasa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bas-Uele
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
402 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Coordinates
2.786, 24.730
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 114 in DR CongoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.